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Tarraco is the ancient name of the present-day city of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain, and was the oldest Roman settlement on the Iberian Peninsula. It became the capital of the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis after that province's creation during the Roman Empire.

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